BNW

B N W: Biafra Nigeria World News

Inside CANOE.CA SLAM! Sports Jam! Showbiz CANOE Travel CNEWS CANOE Money C-Health LIFEWISE Home & Garden AUTONET flirt.canoe.ca Newsstand WHAM! gaming AllPop En Français ------------ Find Old Friends Free E-Mail shop.canoe.ca CareerConnection Classified Extra Obituaries Today Restaurants Hotels ------------ Weather Horoscopes Lotteries Crossword Scoreboard News Ticker Sports Ticker TV Listings Movie Listings CLIVE Concerts Mutual Funds Stocks Feedback Index     November 23, 2004  CANADA WORLD  Iraq  War on Terror LAW & ORDER MEDIA NEWS POLITICS SCIENCE SPACE TECH NEWS WEIRD NEWS WHAM! Gaming SPECIALS Sun Papers Columnists CNEWS Forum Lotteries Today in History Weather A survey suggests the federal Liberals have the support of 40 per cent of Canadians. What grade would you give them for their work thus far? A B C F Results Full story Protesters invade Shell oil rig LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Soldiers clashed with hundreds of protesters who invaded an oil rig run by Royal Dutch/Shell, injuring at least 13 demonstrators, military and company officials said Tuesday. Col. Mohammed Yusuf, a Nigerian military spokesman, said the incident occurred Saturday, when troops were sent to a Shell rig in a remote part of the Niger Delta, after being alerted to a protest by local community activists demanding jobs. The rig in Benisede, near the Niger Delta city of Warri, is operated by Houston-based Parker Drilling Company on behalf of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Cos., which produces roughly half of Nigeria's 2.5 million barrels of oil per day. Nigeria is the world's seventh-largest oil exporter and the fifth-biggest source of U.S. oil imports. "The soldiers went there to dislodge them and in the process 13 people were injured," Yusuf said. Three of those injured were still in hospital, while the rest have been treated and released, Yusuf said. Although Yusuf would not comment on their injuries, a Shell official speaking on condition of anonymity said soldiers opened fire, wounding several protesters, after some of the demonstrators tried to take the soldiers' weapons. All of the roughly 200 protesters have now left the rig, while Shell was in talks with officials of Parker Drilling and representatives of the protesting communities to address their demands, the official said. Oil operations in the restive Niger Delta are frequently disrupted by violence by aggrieved, impoverished communities that feel cheated out of the oil wealth pumped from their land. Nearly all of Nigeria's oil exports come from the delta. Break out the tear gas Even as the nation's capital is recovering from being this year's city of Grey Cup drunks, police here are polishing their riot gear for a likely onslaught of protesters during next week's U.S. presidential visit. Full Column Columnist GREG WESTON Canada World King Klein's reign continues Inflation rises in October Lawyer sues TD Bank Survey: Cell phone ownership up Biker charges rekindled Day explains Arafat snub Oil spill worse than first thought Feds to open Hep-C talks Guite to avoid some questioning Women sues over unconsented sterilization Thousands march on Ukraine's parliament UN hostages freed New offensive launched against insurgents Protesters invade Shell oil rig Aid workers evacuated in Darfur Pakistan PM arrives in India Shock surrounds hunting deaths Mideast peace tops int'l conference Chavez pledges to leave office poor Indo police arrest key terror suspect Law & Order Media News Lawyer sues TD Bank Biker charges rekindled Popular Vancouver Island radio host dies Bell-Rogers can bid on Olympic TV rights Politics Science King Klein's reign continues Liberals ahead in recent poll Census of Marine Life seeks new species John Vane dead at 77 Space Tech News NASA to aid plants, animals NASA launches science observatory Google stock growth cooling off Hewlett-Packard sees expenses of US$200 million for job cuts Weird News Specials Lithuanian man commits suicide with self-designed electric chair EBay bidding ends at $28,000 for 10-year-old sandwich with image Indonesian police arrest key suspect wanted in terrorist attacks Another top Sunni opponent of elections assassinated in Iraq   CANOE home | Share your comments/Opinions in our Forums. Need assistance? Visit our Help Desk. Copyright © 2004, CANOE, a division of Netgraphe Inc. All rights reserved.

	BNW News
Voice of Biafra | Biafra World | Biafra Online | Biafra Web | MASSOB | Biafra Forum | BLM | Biafra Consortium
	© 2001 BNW BiafraNigeriaWorld  Privacy Policy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by ACENetwork ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	Axiom PSI Yam Festival Series, Iri Ji Nd'Igbo the Kola-Nut Series,Nigeria Masterweb